The Cowley Road area has played a prominent part in the Oxford music scene. A number of successful bands made their formative performances in local venues such as the Carling Academy Oxford and the Bullingdon Arms. Famous Oxford bands have included Supergrass, Radiohead and Ride.

Cowley Road is also home to the hugely successful Cowley Road Carnival, an annual event during which the road is pedestrianised, and which features live music, static sound systems, a parade, and food from around the world. The Cowley Road Carnival typically attracts some 20,000 visitors, and has become an integral part of contemporary Oxford.

The Covered Market is a wonderful, unique experience in the town centre of Oxford. A thriving, bustling, quirky and colourful epicentre for some of Oxford’s finest independent traders. Fashion boutiques with a difference that are colourful and individual, fresh food suppliers ranging from quality fruit and vegetables through to conventional and organic meat outlets that would put the larger national chain suppliers to shame in both quality and service. A number of warm and cosy café’s, food houses and delicatessens that add to the ambience and provide a tempting whiff for the senses. Cowley Road and St Clements are both Arterial roads in to the heart of Oxford. Both of these roads are literally a five minute walk from the Magdalen Bridge, at the bottom of the High Street in Oxford. The area is home to a multi cultural and economically diverse population. The area is littered with wonderful places to eat and drink, is the hub of the Oxford music scene and has a large number of sometimes quirky but always interesting shops and boutiques.

Oxford city centre is marked by the awesome Carfax tower which is a great starting point for an overview of the city before checking out the myriad of things to do and see. The tower also marks the centre point of Oxford, joining Cornmarket Street, Queen Street, The High Street and St Aldates together. North, West, South and East respectively. There are a large number of nationally recognised shops together with Bars, Café’s, Clubs, the famous Covered market.

New Look

Miss Selfridge

Oasis

Thena

The Ballroom

Hat Box

Aspire

Oxford Covered Market

Bead Games

Unicorn

The Farmhouse

Kings Fabrics

Fitrite

Magdalen Bridge Boathouse